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Engineering Dual-Degree Program

Program Description

This program offers the student the opportunity to earn both a Bachelor of Science
degree from Virginia Wesleyan College and a Master's degree in Civil, Environmental,
Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, or Aerospace Engineering from Old Dominion
University in five years. Students attend Virginia Wesleyan for four years and ODU for
one year. Starting in the junior year, students take one or two engineering classes each
semester at ODU while enrolled at VWC. After graduating from VWC, students are
automatically admitted to the one-year Master of Engineering graduate program at ODU.
Students are also eligible for the longer Master of Science in Engineering program.

Procedures:

Students should declare their intention to participate in the program during their
first year at VWC. The pre-engineering advisor should be a co-advisor along with
the first-year advisor or the major advisor.

The student's VWC grade point average (gpa) must be at least 3.0, both overall
and in mathematics and physics, to be eligible to begin the engineering portion of
the program.

Students will major in Biology (BS), Chemistry, Computer Science (BS), Earth
and Environmental Science (BS), or Mathematics (BS).

If the grade point average in this course work is at least 3.0 and a satisfactory
score has been obtained on the Graduate Record Examination (which may be
taken at any time prior to the awarding of the VWC degree), the student is
admitted unconditionally into the graduate program at ODU.